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UK royalty group wants ISPs to pay for pirating customers Via Slashdot. Superficially, this isn't too different from a statutory license but on further reading that breaks down. Mandatory licenses are usually flat rate, generating supplemental revenue to existing media as a manageable tax on emerging media. The reasoning here is different, it is meant to scale with the volume of unlicensed music flowing throw ISPs' networks. The lack of consideration for legitimate online sales also being bolsteMore